A career built across people-facing work and the systems around it.
Dr. Pemberton's work has moved across education, counseling, clinical supervision, behavioral-health leadership, workforce development, technology, and community service. The settings have changed, but the throughline has stayed consistent: people do better when practice is clear, relationships are strong, and systems make the next right step easier to take.
His career includes private clinical practice, counselor education, clinical program leadership, training design, supervision, advocacy, and public mental-health communication. That range shapes his current work with leaders and organizations that want to develop people, strengthen practice, and make accountability more meaningful.
The career thread
Breadth with a consistent purpose.
EducationTeaching people how to think and apply
Dr. Pemberton has taught graduate and undergraduate learners across counseling, psychology, and human-service settings. His teaching emphasizes judgment, transfer, and the ability to apply ideas in real practice rather than only describe them.
As a Kentucky Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisor designation and a National Certified Counselor, he has worked across clinical and supervisory roles and continues to bring a systems-aware clinical perspective to training and consultation.
LeadershipPeople, purpose & performance
His leadership work focuses on how organizations develop people, keep mission visible, and maintain meaningful accountability. That model anchors his Leadership page and connects directly to requested learning experiences.
TrainingMaking difficult ideas usable
As a trainer and TBRI® Practitioner, he helps groups turn relationship-based, trauma-responsive, and motivational ideas into questions, decisions, supervision practices, and team routines that can be used after the session ends.
AdvocacySafety, mental health & community service
His advocacy includes national Scouting safety service, mental-health awareness work, and practical leader education. His National Safe Scouting Committee service ended in 2025.
02 / Selected credentials and service
Grounded in education, practice, and public service.
Education
Ed.D.
Graduate and undergraduate teaching across counseling, psychology, and human-service learning settings
Clinical
National Certified Counselor
Kentucky LPCC-S
TBRI® Practitioner
Professional service
American Counseling Association DSM-5 Task Force Chair, 2009-2011
National Safe Scouting Committee service, ending in 2025
Dr. Charles Pemberton, Ed.D., NCC, LPCC-S, is an educator, clinician, leadership consultant, trainer, and advocate whose work connects people, practice, and systems. A TBRI® Practitioner and Kentucky Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with Supervisor designation, he helps leaders and organizations ask better questions, strengthen relationship-based practice, and translate complex human concerns into practical action. His background includes counselor education, clinical leadership, supervision, behavioral-health workforce development, public mental-health communication, and service as Chair of the American Counseling Association DSM-5 Task Force from 2009 to 2011.
